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Scientific Name
Chorizandra australis
Family Name
CYPERACEAE
Common Name
Southern Bristle-sedge
Status
Height
60-160cm
Flowers
In spherical flowerheads, dark purplish-black, dense and bristly.
Fruit
Nut
Form
A stout perennial plant with bright green, erect, hollow stems. Resembles Juncus.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
In still or slowly running fresh water, from sea level to 850m altitude.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Propagated from seed or division. Grows well on clay, and very drought tolerant once established. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Nut 3-4mm long, red-brown or grey-brown. Seed releases easily from plant when mature, rub to extract. Seed is reported to have short viability.
Seed Treatment Method
Bog method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
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